Improved coal-scuttle



j P.JrENT OFFICE.

syn. snx'ron, oir-BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. 4

vuvlPnovi-:n coAL-SCUTTLE.

Spcciiieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,148, dated January 3151865.

To all tch-om it may concern 13e it known that- LS. B. SEXTON, of Baltimore, county'ot Baltimore, and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usei'ul Improvement in Goa-l-Scuttles; and I do hereby declare that the foilowing is a full, clear, andexact description thereof', reference being had to thefaceompanying drawings, making a part of this specifica-tion, in which- Figure lis a perspective view ot a coalsouttlehaving my invention `applied to it. Fig, 2 is a view showing the sc .nttle in a position vfor discharging coal. Iiig is a vertical longitudinal section thiough the improved scuttlc.

' Similar letters of reference indicate corre sponding parts in the three figures.

'.lhe object of my invention is to provide. a :coalscuttle with a hinged plate, which is adapted to serve as a guard for preventing the coal from falling from the sides of the seuttle during the act ot' replenishing a fire; also, to so arrange and construct said hinged .plate that it will serve as a sieve for separating` iine coul or ashes from the cou-rser lumps, L as will be hereinafter described.

lio enable others skilled in the art to multe und use my invention, l wilt describe its construction and operation.

Thel ;'qoalseuttle which l. have representedin the drawings may be constructed in `any of the well-known forms butI prefer to eX- tend the mouth of the scuttle so as to form a vlong and gradu ally-dischargin g chaunehwhich ca i be conveniently introduced into the mouth oijdoor-opeuing of a stove. lu horizontal section the scnttle maybe quadrangular or elliptical. l

A represents a perforz'ited plate or wire screen, which is hin-ged or pivoted in any suitable manner at its rear end to the sides ot' the scut-tle,".u1d as near the back plate as pos.

bottom, and forms a chamber beneath it` I prefer to extend the plate A forward a suiiicieut distance to give it an inclination backward, .so that the coal will readilyr slide forward when the scuttle is tilted up to the opening of a stove,`and allow the iine dust te fall through vthis plate A'into the lower compartment. To empty the ne coal dust or ashes from the scuttle, it is only necessary to lift the forward end of the plate A and tilt the scuttle.

By arranging the plate A as indicated in red lines, Fig. 3, and nearly iilling the scuttle with coal, said plate will fall upon thev coal in the act of tilting the scuttle forward, and serve as a guard or shield to prevent the coal from falling forward too rapidly and escaping over the sides of the scuttle. Tlieplate A will lie l loosely upon the coal in lthescuttle, and prevent the channel or mouth thereof from choking. WVhen the scuttle is emptied of coal, the plate A will fall down into its place, (represented in black lines, Fig. 3,) and serve to screen the ciuders and partially-burned coal from 'the ashes.

Un both longitudinal sides of the plate A, I form iianges b b by turning down the edges of this plate, the object beingto further pre vent the coal from escaping over the sides of the scuttle in the act of tilting it up to the opening in a stove. A

It will be seen froml the above description that the pert'oratedplate A serves 'the dou-ble purpose of a screen for separating ne coaldust from coal andadmitting of the ready removal ot the dust from the top of the souttle, or that it will serve as a shield to prevent? lumps of coal from escaping over the sides of thev'scuttle. in the act of tilting the latter to replenish a nre, and, finally, after the scuttle is emptiedof coal, this plate .A serves as a screen for-'separating ashes from the cinders and partially-,burned coal. y

The scnttlc, as thus described, may be iitted with any suitable cover, of any material, fitted. in any ot `thedinown.-ways, to prevent dust arising from :the screening of .the coal. Thus far I have described the scuttle as fitted with a hinged screen; .bfut .I do not limit myself to -any kind of arrangement of the screen, either movable, removable, or fixed, by which the souttle is divided by'the'soreen into two compartments, as may be best adapted to various circumstances.

Having described my invention, 'what I claim as new, and desire to secure lby Letters Patent, is-- 1. Providing a ooal-souttle with a hinged plate, which is so arranged Wit-hin the seattle l as to' serveias a screen for sifting 'coal dust 

